Council tax bands in East Cambridgeshire

East Cambridgeshire has the third-largest share of homes built from 2000 to 2015 (18.2%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the five councils in Cambridgeshire, it has the largest share of homes in band B (28.2%), the smallest share of flats and maisonettes (7.7%) and the smallest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (11.3%). It also has the smallest number of homes on the valuation list (41,960 homes).

The 1980s and 1990s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1983 to 1999 (19.6%), from 2000 to 2015 and from 1965 to 1982 (16.4%). Homes from before 1919 make up 13.6%, 6.3 points below the share for England. Some 5,160 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 28.1% of these newer homes and 42.1% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 610 homes (+1.48%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2022, with 830 homes recorded as built.

Band B is the largest band

Band B is the most common band in East Cambridgeshire, though the middle home on the list is in band C. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, C, D, E, A, F, G and H. In the middle bands, C to E the share is 51.7%, close to the 47.6% for England. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of South Norfolk. Band H, the top band, holds 100 homes.

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in East Cambridgeshire is detached houses at 29.5%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (23.9%), terraced houses (18.2%), bungalows (18.1%) and flats and maisonettes. The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The list also counts 540 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in detached houses: 8.8 points above the share there (20.7%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to South Kesteven, followed by Babergh and Mid Suffolk.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (42.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (27.3%) and four-bedroom (19.2%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes here average 2.87 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 6.9%. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to East Cambridgeshire are Babergh (5.3), South Gloucestershire (7.6) and Mid Suffolk (8.2); the furthest within the East of England is St Albans (76.0).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, East Cambridgeshire comes 24th of the 45 councils in the East of England (joint), just behind Colchester and just ahead of Huntingdonshire. All East of England councils.